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On behalf of the LGBTQIA Resource Center, we welcome you to Georgia Tech. Whether you’ve lived in Atlanta your entire life or are just coming to the city, we want you to feel like you have a community here. Georgia Tech and the area around the school offers a host of engagement opportunities and resources targeted to the needs of LGBTQIA students, faculty, and staff. Off campus, you will find a vibrant social scene filled with events and opportunities for volunteering, socializing, and professional development. On campus, you will discover resources and student groups for connecting with like-minded peers. We hope that you will find this information useful and we look forward to getting to know you!

The Midtown area is known for its lively nightlife and restaurant scene. The area around 10th Street and Piedmont is a well-known hotspot for the LGBTQIA community with many coffee shops, eateries, bars, and clubs. Piedmont Park is the go-to venue for festivals, picnics, and recreation, with a number of LGBTQIA friendly events happening throughout the year.

Charis Books and More is the South’s oldest independent feminist bookstore offering a great selection of fiction and non-fiction. Charis also hosts support groups, author readings, pop-up craft sales, writing groups, and yoga classes, all in an environment that is affirming and inclusive of LGBTQIA folks.

Typically held during mid-October, the Atlanta Pride Festival celebrates diversity and community during this two-day LGBTQIA extravaganza. This celebration includes live entertainment, cultural exhibits, the famed Pride parade and the Pride Marketplace featuring more than 200 vendor booths as well as a plethora of restaurant and bar promotions.

Hosted by In The Life Atlanta, Black Gay Pride is a pride festival specifically for black LGBTQIA folks. This celebration features performances, parties, and community gatherings, usually over Labor Day weekend.

Those seeking a more grassroots festival experience will enjoy Southern Fried Queer Pride (SFQP), Atlanta’s alternative pride event and collective celebrating queer and trans community in the South. Workshops, performances, and club nights take place in early summer.

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Fitness & Outdoors

Fitness buffs should check out some of Atlanta’s LGBTQIA-friendly sports teams and leagues including the Rainbow Trout aquatics club, the Atlanta Team Tennis Association, Pride Kickball, Atlanta Bucks rugby team, and the Decatur Women’s Sports League.